Focke Wulf Ta 400: Design only. Was to be built in France. It would have had six engines. Could carry 22,000 lb / 10,000 kg of bombs. Could go 3,000 miles / 4,800 km. Sixteen guns would provide defense.

Usage

In 1938 a Fw 200 took 42 hours and 18 minutes to fly from Berlin to Tokyo. Once seen by the Japanese they asked for a military version of the Condor.

The last Lufthansa airline flight was from Barcelona to Berlin on April 14, 1945.

Finland and Brazil each received one Fw 200. Japan ordered five but they were never delivered. Denmark and Brazil each received two of the pre-production models.

Personal Transports

Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler each used a Fw 200 as a personal transporter. The third prototype was called the Immelmann III and became Adolf Hitler's personal plane.

Early Use

In 1940 the I./KG 40 received some Fw 200Cs.

Some Fw 200C-1s were used for mine laying in English waters in 1940. They could deploy two 2,205 lb / 1,000 kg mines per mission.

Stalingrad

Eighteen Fw 200s were used by the Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Venwendung 200 to flying into Stalingrad.